girls:
491 births since 2005
#5225 (9th percentile)
boys:
11.9k births since 1976
#1057 (77th percentile)
overall:
12.3k births since 1976
#2370 (69th percentile)
The name Bodhi is the #2,370 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,347 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 69.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,057 (77.0% percentile) for all time with 11,856 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,225 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 491 births since 2005.
Bodhi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Bodhi is available in 35 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bodhi has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Bodhi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 70.2% percentile (ranked #278) with 651 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 651 births per million (ranked 70.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bodhi ranks #284 for boys (68.9% percentile) with 610 births per million, which is 93.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bodhi reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #882) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 37 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bodhi ranks #900 for girls (5.0% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 80.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bodhi".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Bodhi is pronounced as BOH-dee, which has 2 syllables.
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